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This year’s theme, “CTRL + CULTURE = AFRICA’S NEXT CINEMA CODE”, reflects the evolving language of African storytelling in a digital, globalized world. It highlights the powerful intersection of culture, creativity, and technology as filmmakers across the continent and diaspora reimagine and take control of how African stories are told, created, shared, and experienced.
The Georgia Film Academy’s Dramatic Writing Program was developed in 2018, in part because Georgia had become a center of film and television production and needed to build a pipeline of homegrown writers. The course can satisfy an English graduation requirement and is built around four areas: genre and multi-modality, playwriting, film writing and television writing.
While most people just think of the parade on Mar. 17, there are a number of events around town surrounding the “Feast of St. Patrick.”
Bert Kreischer and his famously shirtless bod will get more airtime on Netflix courtesy of his scripted show “Free Bert,” which will return to metro Atlanta later this year for a second season.
DeKalb County Government CEO, Lorraine Cochran-Johnson, addressed an arts-charged sanctuary space that was standing-room-only for the launch of Arts DeKalb’s DeKalb Council for the Arts. The new arts council’s mission is to lift up artistic voices within the community and highlight opportunities to support the thriving local arts ecosystem.
The 26th annual Atlanta Jewish Film Festival has officially concluded, wrapping its in-theater run across metro Atlanta along with at-home streaming statewide through the festival’s Virtual Cinema platform.
The programming took place on March 13, 2026, at Limestone Rooftop inside the Cambria Hotel in Austin, Texas. The programming was designed to spotlight innovation and the convergence of the creative industries in Georgia.
Being a fan meant following players from before their arrival to graduation day. You knew them, invested in them and their success felt like yours.
The weekend is a little lighter than expected, but significantly better than last year, +65% with $86.2M for all titles. Universal’s Reminders of Him didn’t quite hit $20M with $18.2M, though it’s within the range of other female skewing movies like Don’t Worry Darling and Ticket to Paradise, and overperformed its $10M-$15M tracking.
Across Georgia, chambers of commerce play an important role in keeping those two forces connected. They convene business leaders, host conversations with policymakers and provide a structured way for companies to engage in the civic and economic direction of their communities.